[AISWorld] IT management syllabus

[Jeet Gupta]

Sam:

I think you have too much stuff in this course.  If the course is IT 
Management, it should emphsize managerial aspects more than the 
technical aspects.  Also, if it is being offered for non-IT majors, 
perhaps the use of hardware etc could be de-emphasized.

It is my expeience that most graduate students now a days are 
familiar with IT hardware and software to some extent.  They need to 
explore the managerial uses of IT and from that point of view the 
incorporation of IT Governance, Social Networks and IT Security 
Management would be good.

At 05:36 AM 7/29/2011, Sam Lubbe wrote:
>Hallo
>
>I want to re-address a course for IT Management for our Graduate 
>School. Is there anything I need to add? I was thinking of adding 
>cloud computing, some recent changes in technology, and green 
>computing. Any advice would be appreciated. Presently it addresses:
>
>
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>                 Chapter 2     Business Information Systems
>
>        Chapter 3     Technological Foundations
>
>                   3.1      Hardware
>
>                   3.2      Key elements of IS Hardware
>
>                   3.3      Types of Computers
>
>                   3.4      Software
>
>                   3.5      Telecommunications and Networks
>
>                   3.6      The need for organizations to store data 
> in a database for processing
>
>                  Chapter 4      Key IS in an organization
>
>                   4.1      What information does the manager need?
>
>                   4.2      General types of IS
>
>                   4.3      IS that span business boundaries
>
>          Chapter 5      Systems Analysis and Design
>
>            Chapter 6    Business Requirements Analysis versus 
> Current Systems Analysis
>
>                  Chapter 7      Ethics and Controls
>
>                   7.2      Controls
>
>              Chapter 8      The use of IT in Small 
> Businesses:Efficiency and effectiveness in IT
>
>               Chapter 9      Improvement of systems in the business
>
>                   9.1      Total quality management (TQM)
>
>                   9.2      Business Prices Re-engineering (BPR)
>
>                   9.3      Enterprise Resume Planning (ERP)
>
>                Chapter 10      Better ways of conducting business
>
>                              Telecommuting
>
>                              Reorganising Work Flows
>
>
>
>
>
>Sam
>
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Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta, PhD
Eminent Scholar and Professor
College of Business Administration
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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